Collimatrix Posted January 19, 2017 Report Posted January 19, 2017 Leaked Swiss Evaluation of Gripen vs Eurofighter vs Rafale Let the butthurt flow Domus Acipenseris 1 Quote
Priory_of_Sion Posted January 20, 2017 Report Posted January 20, 2017 The Navy wanted it a couple of U-2s Quote
LostCosmonaut Posted January 22, 2017 Author Report Posted January 22, 2017 Mirage F1 in South Africa Toxn 1 Quote
Priory_of_Sion Posted January 22, 2017 Report Posted January 22, 2017 Mirage F1 in South Africa Could the Mirage carry SA's nuke? Quote
LostCosmonaut Posted January 23, 2017 Author Report Posted January 23, 2017 Could the Mirage carry SA's nuke? I doubt it, if I'm remembering correctly they were fairly crude gun-type devices. Quote
Collimatrix Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 Could the Mirage carry SA's nuke? Buccaneers and Canberras were the intended delivery vehicles, with surface-to-surface missiles to be developed later. Quote
Toxn Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 I doubt it, if I'm remembering correctly they were fairly crude gun-type devices. At least officially. There is speculation that the Israelis provided lots of help to enable us to assemble a boosted implosion device relatively quickly if needed. This is, I think, a somewhat romantic view of what was more of a tag-along tech-sharing relationship. Buccaneers and Canberras were the intended delivery vehicles, with surface-to-surface missiles to be developed later. Yup. There was officially a space program, which was unofficially understood to be a ballistic missile development program, all of which was actually a big bluff (because you'd need proper ICBMs for deterrence value anyway). The bombers were always going to be the 'real' delivery vehicle. Overall, the consensus is that the main purpose of the nuclear program was to provide a credible threat of proliferation and, in extremis, an underground test or two for use as a bargaining tool. Quote
Toxn Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 Could the Mirage carry SA's nuke? Interestingly, I heard a very credible rumour that we recently sold the last of our mirage III bits (along with a lot of technical support) to Pakistan for use in ROSE followup. Apparently the birds are meant for a one-way trip, armed with a single nuke apeice. Quote
Toxn Posted January 23, 2017 Report Posted January 23, 2017 Mirage F1 in South Africa I get to putter around the F1-AZ at Swartkop on a fairly regular basis. It's sort of weird that paramount is still shilling the thing. Quote
LostCosmonaut Posted January 25, 2017 Author Report Posted January 25, 2017 Project Hazel (Mach 3 Recon) Quote
LostCosmonaut Posted January 27, 2017 Author Report Posted January 27, 2017 Engine Proposal for Phase III of the Supersonic Transport Program Supersonic Transport Engines GE4 vs. JTF17 Belesarius 1 Quote
LostCosmonaut Posted January 27, 2017 Author Report Posted January 27, 2017 CO2/Metal Propellants for Mars Sample Return Missions Quote
LostCosmonaut Posted February 3, 2017 Author Report Posted February 3, 2017 February 1941 Italian Aviation Magazine US Navy Report on Messerschmitt Aircraft Development CIA Reconnaissance Vehicle Concept (1969) A Study of Hypersonic Aircraft (1964) Quote
Collimatrix Posted February 7, 2017 Report Posted February 7, 2017 Professional Development Short Course on Tactical Missile Design Tactical Missile Design (basically an expanded version of the above) Domus Acipenseris 1 Quote
Belesarius Posted February 10, 2017 Report Posted February 10, 2017 Speed Agile doc found by Priory who is too lazy to post it. http://enu.kz/repository/2013/AIAA-2013-1097.pdf Quote
LostCosmonaut Posted February 18, 2017 Author Report Posted February 18, 2017 ABM R&D at Bell Labs Production and Deployment of Nike-X Quote
LostCosmonaut Posted February 18, 2017 Author Report Posted February 18, 2017 Project 1794 (Avrocar) Final Report Sonic Cruiser Concept Analysis Span-Distributed Loading Cargo Aircraft Domus Acipenseris 1 Quote
LostCosmonaut Posted February 21, 2017 Author Report Posted February 21, 2017 On the Use of a Pulsed Nuclear Thermal Rocket for Interstellar Travel A Linear Accelerator in Space Quote
LostCosmonaut Posted March 18, 2017 Author Report Posted March 18, 2017 Astronomical Engineering: A Strategy for Modifying Planetary Orbits Quote
Priory_of_Sion Posted April 12, 2017 Report Posted April 12, 2017 Lockheed's Archangel whitepaper Sturgeon 1 Quote
LostCosmonaut Posted April 20, 2017 Author Report Posted April 20, 2017 1965 Swedish Fighter Tactics Manual Quote
LostCosmonaut Posted April 23, 2017 Author Report Posted April 23, 2017 Darker Shades of Blue (discussion of leadership failures behind Fairchild AFB B-52 Crash) Rockets and People, by Boris Chertok (history of Soviet Space Program, link goes to part 1 but page includes links to parts 2-4) Quote
Collimatrix Posted April 30, 2017 Report Posted April 30, 2017 A comparison of sleeve valve and poppet valve engines. Very in-depth. LostCosmonaut and Domus Acipenseris 2 Quote
LostCosmonaut Posted May 3, 2017 Author Report Posted May 3, 2017 ISS EVA Radiation Protection Studies Quote
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